Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fundable

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 13:46, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fundable

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Lots of sources; however, a close examination reveals that the majority don't even mention Fundable or are press releases. The only sources that might meet WP:RS are local coverage from "Columbus Business First." Bottom line: not seeing WP:GNG or WP:CORP depth of coverage being met for this relatively young (March 2012) crowdfunding startup. Crowdfunding is one of the current buzzwords right now; no point in creating articles about all of these up-and-comers until they start getting significant coverage. FWIW, created by a WP:SPA. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 03:12, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. 03:15, 17 August 2012 (UTC) • Gene93k (talk) 03:15, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

One thing that is interesting about this one (which they don't say) is that they took over the domain name from old fundable.com, the one by John Pratt. By my count Pratt's fundable was the first crowdfunding site operating with an all or nothing model. Old Fundable got a lot of press, some of it quite bad in the end.

Maybe there could be an article about old fundable.com, mentioning that it's not related to new fundable.com. 77.16.222.168 (talk) 21:27, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but rename seems like a real company and seems to be well sourced, I would change the title for something like Fundable (company) --Camilo Sánchez Talk to me 03:49, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TheSpecialUser ^TSU 00:35, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I believe there are no longer any press releases listed as sources in the article. There are articles written by several independent news organizations (including Slashgear, PandoDaily, and Biz Journals). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janeesah (talk • contribs) 13:25, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger _{One ping only} 02:35, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – This topic passes WP:GNG. Examples include:

One of five first Fundable campaigns meets crowdfunding goal; later startups surged
Training mask breaks through as Fundable’s first, fastest crowdfunding success
Small businesses like the Grandview Theatre turn to ‘crowdfunding’ to find investors
Feed the kitty with Fundable and ChipIn
There's also this article, the reliability of which may be uncertain: This Kickstarter for Startups Will Trade Equity for Funding

—Northamerica1000^(talk) 08:57, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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